TY - JOUR
AU - E.A. Apeji
AB - Reviews the historical background to the developments of the Nigerian book industry. Christian missionaries laid the foundation for book production in Nigeria when Reverend Hope Waddell and Samuel Edgerley made history in 1846 by producing the first two books in their old Calabar Mission house. This foundation was built on by indigenous printers, multinational book publishers, governments and university presses. 
BT - Information Development
IS - December
LA - English
N2 - Reviews the historical background to the developments of the Nigerian book industry. Christian missionaries laid the foundation for book production in Nigeria when Reverend Hope Waddell and Samuel Edgerley made history in 1846 by producing the first two books in their old Calabar Mission house. This foundation was built on by indigenous printers, multinational book publishers, governments and university presses. 
PY - 1996
SP - 210
EP - 214
T2 - Information Development
TI - Book Production in Nigeria: An Historical Survey
VL - 12
ER -